Question of Using API: Variable Postfix

Gan Gao over 8 years ago

Hi Everyone,
I hope you're all doing well.
I'm new to here and I want to use the API on Census to get the data from ACS.
Here's the link to the variables. api.census.gov/.../variables.html
What I get confused is that the explanation of variable "DP02_0059E, DP02_0059M, DP02_0059PE" are identical and I don't understand the postfix of each variable. I cannot find the 'subject definition' document either. (www2.census.gov/.../2014_ACSSubjectDefinitions.pdf)

Does anyone know what does the postfix refer to?
Any help you may provide will be highly appreciated.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Best regards,

Gan

Gan Gao over 8 years ago

Thanks a lot Matthew! That helps a lot.
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Matthew Brault over 8 years ago

I think the "E" suffix is for the numeric estimate, the "M" is for the margin of error, and the "PE" is for the percent estimate. So DP02_0059E would refer to the estimate from line 59 of table DP02. Pull some values through the API and compare it to the table from FactFinder to be sure which column of the API the API is returning.

factfinder.census.gov/.../DP02
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